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Table 3 Statistical distribution of transposon insertions within genes

From: NeMeSys: a biological resource for narrowing the gap between sequence and function in the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis

Gene size (bp)

Number of genes

% genes hit

Number of hits

Average hits

% genes missed

% missed genes in DEG

≥3,000

28

85.7

137

5.7

14.3

75

2,000-3,000

94

61.7

213

3.7

38.3

77.8

1,000-2,000

557

58.9

954

2.9

41.1

46.7

500-1,000

688

49.5

660

1.9

50.5

41.9

≤500

600

32.7

367

1.9

67.3

31.4

  1. DEG: Database of Essential Genes.